Disappearing bed.



E. R. BRAINERD.

DISAPPEARING BBD.

APPLIOATION FILED M1145, 1909.

Patented June 11, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 11, 1912.

Application filed April 15, '1909. Serial No. 490,155.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. BRAINERD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Disappearing Bed, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to beds forming a part of an apartment construction and adapted to be brought out into position for use in the apartment or to be received into inclosing means when not in use.

The main object of the present invention is to provide for utilizing a space in the lower part of the wall and the subjacent space for the reception of a bed of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for receiving the bed when not in use without encroaching on the space or room occupied by the living apartment.

Another object of the invention is to provide for utilizing a space beneath a bay window seat or other seat to receive the bed.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for ventilation of the bed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention and referring thereto: Figure 1 is a perspective of a living apartment provided with the disappearing bed.` Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the portion of the apartment provided with the bed. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic section of the construction for a bay window. Fig. 4 is a similar view for an interior wall. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line .m5-m5 in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line in Fig.

1 designates the walls of a living apartment or room and 2 the floor thereof. Extending laterally from one of the walls 1 of the room is a recess or chamber 3 which may be, and preferably is, a bay window space, being provided with windows 3; A well or sub-recess 4 extends downwardly from this recess 3 below the level of the floor 2, being, for example, the lower portion of the bay or lateral extension at the side of the house or apartment, as indicated in Fig. 3. In case of an interior r'oom this downward extension may extend into a closet opening from the room below, as indicated in Fig. 4.

A bed frame 5 is mounted to be movable into and out of the chamber or recess 4,

closing into said recess when not in use and extending out into the room'or apartment when in use. For this purpose the bed frame is mounted by pivots 5 in a vertically sliding carrier 6 mounted to travel on guides or tracks 7 at the inner side or wall of the recess 4, and cables S passing over pulleys 9 and having suitable counterweight means are provided for facilitating the raising of the bed out of the recess. Said counter-weight means is preferably mounted on a slide or carrier 10 mounted to slide vertically on tracks or guides 11, said carrier 10 being connected to the cables 8 aforesaid, so that the carrier, with the counter-weight, descends when the bed asoends and vice versa.

Cover orclosure means are provided for the recess 4 t0-close the same when the bed is not in use, said means consisting, for example, of a lid or cover 13 hinged at 14 to the carrier 10, so that said lid or cover descends into the recess 4 along with the carrier 10 when the bed is raised. At the front `of the upper portion of the recess 4 is a wall 18 on the top /of which either the bed or the seat 13 will rest, as the case may be. The recess 4 is provided with ventilating means 16 at each end, consisting of an opening having a protecting screen of wire 'gauze or the like. The bed frame 5 may be provided with folding legs 17.

The operation is as follows: When the bed is not in use it occupies the position shown in Fig. 2 extending edgewise or vertically within the recess and parallel to the wall 18 and to carrier 6, and the cover or seat 13 is turned down on to the wall 18 covering the top of the recess 4, a ledge 15 at the top of the wall 18 extending flush with the seat 13 to serve as a continuation or finish for the seat. When the bed is to be used the seat 13 is lifted and turned over and back against the outer wall 16 of the recess 3, thus exposing the recess 4 and the bed frame thereon, whereupon the bed frame is lifted and turned forward and downward onto the top of the wall 18, as shown in Fig. 1. As the bed is raised in this manner the seat 13 descends along with the carrier 10 into the recess 4. When the bed has been turned out in this manner it extends partly into the room and partly within the window space or bay 3 and the legs 17 drop to vertical position and rest on the floor 2.

When the bed is to be put out of sight, it is turned over and back, so that it extends vertically and parallel to the slide 6, the rear portion of the bed tipping-clown into recess 4, and the legs 17 folding against the bed. Then the bed is pushed down into the recess 4, and in this operation the counterweight slide 10 is raised by Cables 8 and the seat 13 is raised to the top of recess 4. On then turning down the member 13 over the recess 4, said member serves as a closure for the recess 4 and also as a window seat. When the bed is inclosed within the recess 4, as desired, it is ventilated by the means 16.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a casing provided with a bed receiving recess, of a carrier mounted to move vertically in said bed receiving recess, and a bed pivotally mounted on said carrier to move vertically therewith and to turn into vertical or horizontal position.

2. The combi-nation of a casing provided with a bed receiving recess, a carrier mounted to move vertically within said bed receiving recess, a bed mounted on said carrier to move'into and out of said recess, a second carrier 4mountedto move vertically within the recess, cables connecting said carrier, pulleys supporting said cables to provide for counter-balancing motion of Athe two carriers, and a closure means for the said recess hinged to the second carrier to turn down over the recess when the bed is lowered into position within the recess.

3. The combinationV with a casing Vprovided with a bed receiving recess, of bed carrying means movable vertically within said bed receiving recess, a bed hinged to said bed carrying means to be movable therewith down into the recess or upwardly out of the recess and to turn over to eX- tend outside of the casing when in rais-ed position, counter-balancing means for said bed movable vertically within said recess, and means connecting said counter-balance means with said bed to cause the counterbalance means to descend when the bed rises, and vice versa, and closure means for said recess carried by said counter-balance means.

4. The combination of a casing provided with a. bed receiving recess, of bed carrying means movable vertically within said bed y receiving recess, a bed hinged to said bed carrying means to be movable therewith down into the recess or upwardly outo .the recess and to turn over to extend outside of the casing when in raised position, counter-balancing means for said bed movable vertically within said recess, and means connect-ing said counter-balance means with said bed to cause the counter-balance means to descend when the bed rises, and vice versa, and closure means for said recess hinged to said counter-balance means so as to be adapted to be turned back to expose the bed and to descend wit-h the counterbalance means when thebed is raised.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 5th day of April, 1909.

EDVARD R. BRAINERD.

In presence of# ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM.

' Copies of Ithis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

